Ghost in the Rack

Topic

automation

A collection of 19 issues

Running fiber to my garage: drilling holes, pulling cables, and lessons learned Adventures: A Personal Technical Story

My experience implementing Running fiber to my garage: drilling holes, pulling cables, and lessons learned in my homelab - the challenges, solutions, and lessons learned along the way.

Building a distributed storage system in my basement Adventures: A Personal Technical Story

My experience implementing Building a distributed storage system in my basement in my homelab - the challenges, solutions, and lessons learned along the way.

My Quest for a Silent Bedroom Server Rack (and Why My Partner Still Wasn't Happy)

Join me on a personal journey to build the ultimate quiet server rack in my bedroom. I tackled fan noise, vibrations, and heat, learning a ton about acoustics and thermal management. But even with a 'silent' server, some challenges are less about decibels and more about domestic harmony!

Building a distributed storage system in my basement Adventures: A Personal Technical Story

My experience implementing Building a distributed storage system in my basement in my homelab - the challenges, solutions, and lessons learned along the way.

Setting up How I spent $500 on enterprise gear that didn't work for my use case: Lessons from the Lab

My experience implementing How I spent $500 on enterprise gear that didn't work for my use case in my homelab - the challenges, solutions, and lessons learned along the way.

My adventure with enterprise switches: loud, hot, but worth it Adventures: A Personal Technical Story

My experience implementing My adventure with enterprise switches: loud, hot, but worth it in my homelab - the challenges, solutions, and lessons learned along the way.

My Experience with My quest for the perfect self-hosted media solution: What I Learned

My experience implementing My quest for the perfect self-hosted media solution in my homelab - the challenges, solutions, and lessons learned along the way.

Learning DNS the hard way: when Pi-hole stopped working Adventures: A Personal Technical Story

My experience implementing Learning DNS the hard way: when Pi-hole stopped working in my homelab - the challenges, solutions, and lessons learned along the way.

From Manual Mayhem to Automated Bliss: My Homelab CI/CD Journey (and Lessons Learned!)

Ever felt the pain of manually updating homelab configs? I certainly did! Join me as I recount my personal adventure building a CI/CD pipeline for my homelab scripts and configurations, sharing the 'oops' moments, the 'aha!' revelations, and the valuable lessons I picked up along the way.